30.12.2025 at 00:48, the Central Operational Dispatch Point of the Verkhnedvinsk District Department for Emergency Situations received a report of a residential building fire in the village of Dernovichi, Verkhnedvinsk District.

Upon arrival at the scene, open burning of the house was observed.

The owner was in the house at the time of the fire.

EMERCOM employees discovered the charred body of the owner, born in 1961, on the floor in the burning living room.

As a result of the fire, the roof and ceiling were destroyed, and the walls and property were damaged.

The cause of the fire is being determined. The considered version of the cause of the fire is careless handling of fire (while smoking by the deceased).